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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAJJ", .PORTLAND, OCTOBER IT, 1920 s REACHES PORTLAND Steamer Clauseus, Brings 5200-Ton Shipment. In GULF HURRICANE AVOIDED Captain Tells How, Warned lr Time, He Managed to Steer Clear of Terrific Storm. With 6200 tons of bulk snlphnr. the largest cargo of the kind to come here to date, the steamer Clanseua of the Green Star line, arriver at pier 2, municipal terminal Xo. 4. Friday night and started discharging- yesterday morning. When the discharging is completed the Clauseus will load a part cargo of ties here for England, completing, her tie cargo on Puget sound. Captain H. Lamb, commander of the Clauseus. reported yesterday that he just missed the hurricane that swept the Gulf of Mexico recently and inflicted heavy damage at sea and ashore. A rapidly falling- bar ometer and an increase in the ve locity of trie wind, he said, warned him of the aproach of a hurricane at the same time that radio advices reported the formation of such a storm at about the point toward which the Clauseus was steaming. He ordered full speed and proceeded to the southwest while the storm cwept to the northeast. The steamer Clauseus, of 8800 deadweight tons, was the last vessel built by the Northwest Steel com pany. This is her first visit here since she departed in ballast last January to load general cargo at San Franeisco for Europe. She has been in constant service since that time, according to Captain Lamb, and has given a good account of her self. George R. Walker, Seattle agent for Struthers & Dixon, Pacific coast representatives of the Green Star line, was in the city looking after the interests of the vessel. FORT SHOWING COCO ONE STEAMER ARTIGAS TAKES BIG LOAD FROM PORTMXD. Tart Cargo Taken Here Imrge as Compared Willi Contributions Front Other Points. The steamer Artigas. of the North Atlantic & Western Steamship com pany, represented on this coast by the Admiral line, sailed at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Boston and Philadelphia with a total of 5601 long tons of general cargo. 4500 tons -of which was laden at Portland and Columbia river points. As Portland is the last Pacific Coast port of call for this vessel, her manifest gives a good comparison of the amounts of freight supplied by other ports. Seattle contributed 350 tons to her cargo, San Francisco 400 tons and San Iiego 351 tons as against the 4500 tons from Portland. Freight from this port consisted of ties, lumber, rubber, packing, saws, knives, canned salmon, shoes, boilers and wool. The next steamer of this line to ar rive here will be the Lehigh, due Oc tober 30 from Wilmington, Del., where she put in for repairs on her way fro-m Boston and Philadelphia. The steamer Yosemite will follow about Nomeber 5. Both the steamer West Togus, due here late in November, and the Springfield, which will follow her in the North Atlantic & Western serv ice will bring to Portland large shipments of canned corn from New England. TACOMA MILLS PROSPERING Lumbermen Getting Along in Spite of Increased Rates. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) While increased rail rates have af fected Tacoma lumber mills like other mills of the northwest. It is said that while lumber prices are low and conditions unsettled the Ta coma plants have been securing their share of the trade both in export . -lines and by rail. This is borne out by the fairly good amount of busi ness from Tacoma by vessels during the lat month and indications that more tonnage will be filled up here. The orders, obtained in part by local firms for England are helping out considerably and business in the coasting trade so far, it Is said, is holding up. According to reports received by( northwest millmen there is little chance for a reduction in rail rates for soma time. Tacoma millmen report in the coast ing trade several carriers due this month, chief among them a shipping board vessel to load ties for Europe "and the Forest King to load 770.000 Tfeet at the St. Paul mill for Callao. iTThe Forest King, one of the new lum per carriers, will be operated under wcharter to W. R. Grace & Co., it is reported. W EST APAt'M TO BRIXG STEEL laterial Coming for G. M. Standi for Construction Corporation. The Fteamer West Apaum, which called from Philadelphia October 1 . is brinpinjr 60 carloads, or approxi mately 2500 tons, of steel for the O. M. Stadifer Construction corpora tion, as well as a substantial amount -of general freight from the Atlantic and pulf coasts, it was learned here yesterday. f The West Apaum will be the first .vessel to arrive here in the projected three-coast-servlce of th Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Stemship company, or- : anized In Baltimore. The Parr - McCormick Steamship ; company has been appointed distri- ,1'Utintf agent for the new line on ;lhe Pacific co t. J; Freight for Portland broug-ht to this coast by vessels of this line ;which make their turn-around at ;San Franeisco will be trans-shtpped fhere and brought to this city on coastwise steam schooners of the rarr-McCormlck line, operating- from 'the new Parr terminal at Oakland. 4AR E ASTER X TOUR MADE .-Holland Manufacturer Finds Bnsi & if ness Good In China and India. 5 TACOMA, Wash., Oct, 1. (Spe ll, rial.) A. J. Ten Hope, president of CTen Hope & Co.. Ltd.. or .Rotterdam, V-returninK home after several months A-v the far east, stopped la Tacoma yesterday to visit his brother, John Ten Hope. Mr. Ten Hope has manufacturing plants in Dortretch, Brussels. Rotter dam, Amsterdam and Maastricht. He visited in facoma six years ago while touring, th United States. "Business conuitions in Japan are in a serious condition," said Mr. Ten Hope. "The market for many pro ducts coming from that country nat urally reflects the conditions. How ever, I found business excellent in China and India. The situation in Europe is growing better rapidly and the European powers are regaining their world trade. with speed. FISHERY METHODS ASSAILED R. E. Clanton Sars Washington Should Change Policy. ' HOQUIAM, Wash.. Oct. 15. (SDeciaLt Fifth propagation in Washington is practically useless, is thoroughly inef ficient and should be remedied at once. in tne opinion of R. E. Glanton, master fisti warden of Oregon, and also a federal fish commissioner. Mr. Clan- ton is held to be one of the foremost authorities on the game fish situation in the country and has much success with hatcheries, especially at Bonne ville. Or. 'He expressed his views on the matter in a letter to the Hoquiam Rod oi Uun club, received here today. The system now in use in this state. Mr. Clanton writes, is not giving suf ficient time for the rearing of fish. The fry should be nursed for six or eight months, or until it is certain they can enter the streams and take care of themselves. BOARD FLEET TERMS MADE X-EW COXTRACT IS RETROAC TIVE TO MARCH 1, THIS YEAR. Operators Receive S Per Cent of Gross Revenue on Outbound . Freight, 2.5 on Inbound. WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. Terms cf the new agency agreement governing operation by private interests of the government's fleet of 1200 merchant vessels were announced tonight by Chairman Benson of the shipping board. The new contract, retroac tive to March 1, provides for -compensation of operators out of the gross revenues of the ships, he said, rather than on the basis of a flat payment as heretofore. Operators are to receive 6 per cent of the gross revenues on outbound freight and zy per cent on inbound. Varying rates for coastwise shipping between American ports, the. highest being 5 per cent, are also provided. On passenger traffic operators will get 10 per cent on gross revenues on liner travel, and only 5 per cent for carrying passengers on cargo vessels. JAPANESE STEAMER IS DTJ15 Xo Information Given Out as to Mission of Vessel. The Japanese , steamer Jufuku Maru, reported in telegraphic ad vices as sailing from Shimonoseki, Japan. September 22, for Portland, is now due if she is really coming here. As yet no Information has been given out in local shipping cir cles as to the mission of the Jap anese steamer in this port. Representatives of the varied In dustries of the "beach." including stevedores, riggers, liners, chandlers and butchers have haunted the Mer chants' Exchange for days, glancing furtively at the blank space on the board after the Jap steamer's name and tonnage, which normally should contain the name of her managing operators, and to date no name has appeared there. Recent arrivals from San Francisco report that in the merchants' ex change of that city the Jufuku Maru is similarly listed, and, as in the local exchange, is the only vessel on the board whose operator is not listed. ADMIRAL- LINE MES NAMED E. G. McMicken and R. D. Pinneo Appointed to Head Departments. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. IS. (Spe cial.) A. F. Haines, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Steamship aompany, the Admiral line, has announced the appointment of B. G. McMicken as passenger-traffic manager. and R. D. Pinneo as freight traffic manager, effective October 20. Mr. McMicken will have jurisdiction ever the entire passenger department. ncluding both domestic and foreign services, and Mr. Pinneo will have jurisdiction over the entire freight department, with headquarters at Seattle. LEVIATIIAX OFFER REFUSED $3,000,000 for Vessel Declared In adequate by Admiral Benson. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The ship ping: board rejected today a bid of $3,000,000 for the liner Leviathan, made by J. W. Thompson & Co., Philadelphia. Chairman Benson said It was inadequate. A request from the Department of Labor that the steamer be turned over to Ellis Island for use in hous ing emigrants also has been refused, he said. Marine Notes. The American barkentine Hawaii was listed yesterday as chartered by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., at $U50, to carry lumber from the Columbia river to Adelaide, Aus tralia. The Admiral line ateamer City of To- peka sailed at o'clock last night with full carro and full passenger Hat for Coot Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. The British steamer Is Is shifted yes terday from the Albina dock to the Co lumbia dock to continue loading wheat for Europe. The schooner Edward R. west ar rived up at the Inman-Poiirsen mill yes terday afternoon to load lumber for Aus tralia.. " The passenger steamer Rose City ar rived In the rWer yesterday afternoon from San Francisco and left up for Fort- land at :30 1 M. The steam schooner Florence Olson came up to the Si Helens tie boom yesterday afternoon to load ties for the Atlantic coast. The river steamers Electro, lone, Met lateo and Pomona have been given their annual inspections this month by th United States steamboat Inspectors. The steamer Klnderdyk, which will start the service of the Holland-America And Royal Mail Steam Packet lines out of this port, is now expected to reach Port land next Wednesday. She is loading; now at Seattle and will go from there to Van couver, B. c The Norwegian mo torn hip Parthia, for merly the Avanee. built here by the Co lumbia Engineering works, was reported in Merchants' Exchange advices as ar riving at Havana. Cuba, October 15. She left here August IS, San Pedro August -iS, and arrived at Balboa, September zt, Tldest at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 4:22 A. M 6,6 feet10:10 A. M... 3.5 feet 5:38 P. M 7.7 feetlO.5 P. M... 0.8 foot Rupert Frm Mouth of Columbia. NORTH HKAD, Oct. It. Condition of the ea at o p. M., rough; wind, south west, is miies. A prominent geologist estimates that the Lead sea will be a mass of solid suit within less than 500 years. E BECOMES EFFECTIVE Portland Is Removed From Seattle District. OFFICIAL WORD RECEIVED Local Shipping Board Officials Re port to San Francisco in Future. Removal of Portland from jurisdic tion of Seattle in the operations division of the shipping board, be came an established fact at noon yes terday when James W. Crichton. district agent of the operations di vision, received a telegram from the head o;:'ice of the shipping board in Washington, I); C, confirming press dispatches and directing him to Re port to San Francisco. Mr. Crichton accordingly submitted his first routine repui-t to San Francisco a few min utes after the receipt of the telegram, and it was secretly suspected by those who knew hii.i to be heartily in favor of the change, that he may have delayed sending the report a few minutes in order to send it to San Francisco instead of to Seattle. The official telegram effecting the transfer read as follows: "Effective today, the Portland district reports to San Francisco which is headquar ters of the Pacific Coast district. Territory from the Columbia river north constitutes the North Pacific district." Minor changes In the method of Interpreptation and enforcement of certain orders, in which the district director Is allowed considerable dis cretion, are expected to be made upon the receipt" of advices from H. H. Ebey. director of operations for the Pacific coast district. One of these regulations is that which prescribes that operators of shipping board ves sels shall surrender those which they cannot fill to 60 per cent of ' their cargo capacity. Though several vessels have gone out of this port lately with less than this proportion of their cargo space filled, it is believed that this order, even if ehforeed here, will have little effect, as with the reduction In the number of boats operating between Portland and the orient, larger car goes are being carried by remaining vessels. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. TACOMA, Oct. 16. The Kron Prlnsessah Margaret, completing her cargo, was schea uled to sail late today for Vancouver, B. C, prior to going to San Francisco to finish loadine for ports of Norway and Sweden. This big motorslvp has attract ed more than usual attention among la rnma ahinninir tti n . it i-id that the Buenos Aires will follow this vessel here In December with a. rariro of ore for local discharge. Th barkentine Lahalna. which' was to have sailed today for Callao; has bewi held un on account of delay in securing one member of the crew. It was thought the vessel would get to sea tonight or tomor row. She has a cargo of lumber. The Admiral Farragut, on her Isst trip to the sound, will be due Sunday night or Monday. The Farragut. it is announced here has been nulled off the Puget sound service and will ply out of San Francisco to Central American ports. The winber. after discharging ore here. sailed this afternoon for Bellingham. The vecsel. it Is said, will load salmon there on her owner's account for the feast coast. The Hvades will be aue nere cunuaj morning from Honolulu with a shipment of pineapples to discharge ana nour 10 oad. She will get away sunaay cveuius for the islands. iCTnm a Ot- Oft. 16. (Special.) The steam schooner Daisy Putnam sailed t ft this mornine for San Pedro, carrying a cargo of lumber from Stella. The steamer Steel M8Rer, iron rmi.tum, Failed at 3 this morning for New York via Puget sound. 3 , The steam schooner Tiverton. iaaen umber from i'rescott, saueu at u w today for San Francisco. The TiritiKh steamer Heitbronn, carrying a cargo of wheat from Portland and As toria, sailed at 3:a tnis aiiernown ir i United Kingdom. She is under charter to Kerr, tiiffoid & Co. The tank steamer Frank H. Buck, bring ine a. mren of fuel oil for Portland, ar rived at 9 this morning from California. The barkentine Kuwara k.. west, nmcn arrived a few days ago from San Fran cisco, left at 5 this morning for Portland, whrre she Is to loaa lumoer ior AUMraim.. Th fpmpr Rose Citv. bringing freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland, arrived at 11 o'clock today from San Fran cisco. The steam schooner norence uisen ar rived at noon today from San Francisco and went to St. Helens to load. The barkentine Annie a. Koipn. mraoer n dfn from Linn ton for South Africa, is scheduled to sail tom'orrow if the weather conditions are favorable. She wiH be towed down the coast ana wen oit snore by the tug Storm King. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 16. (Special.) Having established the Johnson line s Scandinavian service to Seattle and other Puget sound ports, the eftOO-ton motorshtp Kron Prinsessan Margareta, Captain C. O. Holmberg, is shifting today from Tacoma to Vancouver, B. C, after loading cargo In Seattle and the Commencement bay port. The Alaska Steamship company has re ceived reports that the liner Victoria, Cap tain John Johnson, woum sail irora .orae Sunday morning if the weather permitted. The Holland-American line steams nip Klnderdyk, Captain B. Hartoghseys, ar rived at- Seattle last evening and started loading northwest fruit and foodstuffs for Europe Figures eorriDlled by the foreign trade bureau of the chamber of commerce show the Washington customs district for wnicn Seattle is the headquarters and the chief nort contributed one-third or tne vessel Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel Ptr. Daisy Str. Multnomah . . . . Bire. S. O. No. 93... Str. Willamette.... Str. Klnderdyk ?tr. Bee Str Meiyo Maru. . . gtr. Steel Exporter. Str. Klamath Str. E. H. Meyer. . . Str. West Nivaria. . Str. Eastern Glen.- From. Uus .San Fran. Oct. 17 . S.F and L..A.Oct- 17 .San Pedro. . .Oct. 17 .S.F. and L.A..Oct. 18 .Pupet sound. .Oct. "0 San Fran. .. .Oct. 20 .Yokohama ...Oct. 20 .N.Y. via S.F...Oct. 20 L.A. and S.F..Oct. 21 ..San Pedro. .. .Oct. 21 ...China Oct. 23 ..New York. ...Oct. Str. West uarna. Europe ......Oct. Str" Kongosan Maru.. Shann-ha' .Oct. IS Str. West Cahokia. an Fran. .. -Oct. 27 Str. waliingiom. Str. Jeptha Str. I-ehiffh ...... Str. West Islip... Str. Culberson. Str. Yosemite.-.. Str. Alaska Str. Hawaiian... Str. Eldorado, str. Oreffonian . . . . . . San ..San Fran. . . .Oct. 27 Fran. .. .Oct. 30 . . Wilmington Oct. 30 . . Europe . . . . . . San Fran . . . Boston . . . San Fran. . . . New York . -Nov. 8 . Nov. 4 .Nov. & . Nov. 9 Nov. 1 4 ...New Orleans. .Nov. 15 ..New York Nov. 24 , . . Boston . . . . . .Nov. 25 Str. West Togus. To Depart From Portland. Vessel For Str Orani Seattle Str. Rose City San Fran... .str. West Katan V. K Str. West Keats Orient Str. Klnderdyk Europe Date. .Oct. IS .Oct. 19 -Oct. 19 ..Oct 20 -Oct. 21 Vessels In Fort. VeBsel Berth. Bk. Buffon Ncrth Bank dock. Str. Clausens ..Terminal No. 4. Str. Coaxet Standard Oil dock. Sch. Edw. R. West. . . Jnman-Poulson mill. Str. F. H. Buck Associated Oil dock. Str. Florence Olson. .St. Helens. Bgs. Griffson Portland Lbr. milL Str. Isis Columbia dock. Bkt. J as. Tuft East. West. milL Sir. Montague Terminal No. 4. Str. Orani Supple-Ballin dock. Str. Rose City Aiusworth dock. Sch. Wm. H. Talbot. . .Inman-Poulsen mill. Str. Waban Mersey dock. Str. Wawalona. ...... Terminal No. 4. Str. West Katan. ... .Du Bois mill. Str. West Keats...... Weat Or mill. Eur. WitraJH. Jv'orth Back dock. tonnage of this country to and from Aria for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. - Bringing two live sables, the first ever carried to the Pacific coast, the power schooner Kamchatka, of the Hibbard-Sw-enson company, arrived from the Arctic ocean last evening after a five months' cruise, making the round of the corpora tion's four posts on Bering and Arctic coasts of Siberia. . Garry Bach, popular purser of the steam ship Admiral Watson, has tied up to the domestic wharf The new Mrs. Baclt was Miss Mercedes ITantis of Seldovla, Alaska. An effort was made today by the tug C. C. Cherry to float the scow stranded near Fort Flagler during Thursday's storm. The scow had 90O tons of coal, of which about 700 were lost. The remainder is being taken off and stored on the Fort Flagler dock. The failure of the tug to pull the scow off .leads to the belief that she is pinioned on a sharp-pointed rock. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., Oct. 18. (Special.) The steamers Shasta, Daisy Gadsby and Tamalpaia. scheduled to clear for San Pedro Friday, are still in the lower harbor awaiting a favorable bar. - There were no arrivals today. Ships in port tonight are: The steamers Joan of Arc. Helene and Willie A. Bagen, the schooner Forester and the barkentine Forest Friend. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) The Holland-American Bteafner Kenderyk, which arrived on Puge Soand last Sunday, has shifted from Tacoma to Seattle, where she will load fruits and canned foodstuffs. The principal portron .of her outward cargo will be apples. The Kenderdyk la equipped with refrigerating space, which enables her to deliver perish ables to European markets in good condi tion, v The power schooner Kamchatka, arriv ing yesterday from the far north, has gone into winter quarters. Next year she will go north where she will engage in trading with natives. She brought a small quantity of furs and t wiry owing to the fact she was, late in rea?hlng the north this season. The steamer Northwestern, bringing 1400 tons of copper ore from Cordov.a and 2000 barrels of salt herring, arrived today from Seward. The steamer Santa Ana Sailed today for the north to clean the cannery pack on the west coast of Prince of Wares island. The steamer Steel Maker of the Isth mian company, coming from Portland, passed in at Cape Flattery tonight. She will load at Tacoma, Seattle, Everett and Vancouver for New York. SAX PEDRO, Ca!., Oct. 16. Special.) - 'arnea iooay tnat a fleet of 32 steamers owned by the Submarine Boat corpnrauon Or ew Yorlc hafl h.n Hosier nated for Atlantic and Pacific trade and would make this a port of call in the i-acmc. ban Francisco will be the coast! terminal for the fleet. The Suricho. the ! first steamer of the fleet, will leave New- i ark, November n. The steamers aiso will engage in the carrying of lumber I from the Northwest to the Gulf and At-: lantlc coasts. Portland ia another port of call for the steamers. The Loickenback" Steamship company has made an announcement of a reduction In ocean rates on rice, copra, raisins and pearl barley. This was done, declare of ficers of the company, to equalize the cost of transporting the products to the seaports, cost of such transportation hav ing risen since the recent increase in rail road rates. Movements of Vessels. ' PORTLAND, Or., Oct. . 16. Sailed at 4 P. M.. - steamer Artigas, for Boston and Philadelphia; at 9 P. M., City of Topeka, for Coos Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. Arrived at 3 P. M,, schooner Edward K. "West, from San Fr nnlHCO at S P M.. ""Frank H. Buck, from Monterey; arrived at St. Helens at 10 P. M Florence Ol son, from San canclsco; arrived at mid night, steamer Rose City, from San Fran cisco. - ASTORIA,- Or., Oct. 16. Arrived down at 3 A. M., steamer Steelmaker, for New York via Seattle, British Columbia and San Francisco. Left up at 2 A. M., schooner Edward R. West, from San. Fran cisco; arrived at 8:05 and left - up at 10 A. M., F. H. Buck, from Monterey; arrived at 9.55 and left up at 2:15 P. M Rose City, from San Francisco. Sailed at 10:5 A. M., Daisy Putnam, for San Pedro; at 11:45, Tiverton, for San Pedro. Arrived at 12:15 and left up at 1:30 P. M., Flor ence Olson, from ban Francisco, for St. Helens. HAVANA. Oct. 15. Arrived, Norwegian motors hip Parthia, from Portland. SAN PEDRO, Oct. 15. Sailed, steamers E. H. Meyer and Klamath, for Portland, via San Francisco. " SAN FR A NC RJCO. Oct. 16. Arrived, Persia Maru, from Hong Kong; Anyo Maru, from Yokohama; Atlas, from Juneau. Departed, Ta-scai-asa, ior Manila ; Stan ley Dollar, for Baltimore; Queen, for Se attle ; West Cactus, for Singapore. HOXG-KONG, Oct. 12. Sailed, Arizona Maru Crom Seattle), for Hamburg. ST. THOMAS, Oct. 13. Sailed. Robin Goodfellow, for Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 16. Arrived, Northwestern, from southwestern Alaska, Departed, Governor, for San Pedro via San Francisco. TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 16. Sailed, steam er Winber, for Bellingham; motorshlp Kronprinsessen Margarita, for Stockholm via Vancouver, B. C. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Oct 16. (Special.) Arrived bteamers coquuie Kiver, from Port Bragg, 1 A. M.; San Diego from Puget sound, 1 A. M.: Washtenaw, from Port San Luis, 3 A. M. ; Northland, from San Francisco, 8 A. M. ; President, from San Francisco. 3 F. M. Sailed bteamers ecanlcum, for Brook ings, 12 noon ; El Begundo, for Puget sound, 10 A. M. ; Carxnel, for Wlllapa- 3 P. M.; Charles Christensen, for Grays fiar bor. 5 P. M.'i. Prentiss, for Albion, 5 P. M. Bandon, for Bandon, 1 A. M. ; Quabbln, for Vancouver, 11 A. M. ; Northland, for Punta Arenas, o if. M. SWEET CIDER PERMITTED Beverage 'Must Contain Little Al cohol and Be Treated. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Sweet ci der containing less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol may be manu factured and sold without permits under a ruling? issued today. It must be marketed, however, in closed containers or so treated as to prevent fermentation. Responsibility rests "with th manufacturer. ( NSW von (( ASWinter CruiseS VT ) Including the best there is to see in XJ) XSooiAo jimmf South America and the celebrated CCmw f C trip over the Andes. KSviiuc J f Down the West coast on the luxurious . ""1 moJ I X I Pacific Line steamer "jiptta .tat 1 1 '''K I I coast via the Lamport Holt Line. 1 1 1 SSto I -I Seventy days of pleasure on land and sea.. I i 11 J) 1 1 An extended program of sightseeing in all I I f.nuuuso y 1 I the principal cities of South, America- I 1 fa..jCSi0M . FOR ITINERARY SEE MAP A 1 -Baia WHf tor tUtmO. Oi v ( fT- oamei(Mexpissv I I' V wV TMV8L DemtTKBrt w J J XV Earl I. Walker. 1. P. A., eorvs -i. I L I 6th Ook.Portiajid.Bdwy! S A FORT ISSUE IN COLUMBIA x. COrXTY VOTES NOV. 2 OX BIIX TO DEVELOP HARBORS. St. Helens, Rainier and Clatskanie and Other River Towns Would m Be Benefited." " A port of "Columbia county, em bracing- all that county for the pur pose of facilitating harbor develop ment at such river towns as St. Helens. Rainier and Clatskanie, is an issue for votere of Columbia county at the election of November 2r. De tailed plans for the creation of the new port district are contained in a communication received from the St. Helens chamber of commerce, which, through its port committee, is sponsoring- the measure. It is proposed to place the admin istration of the affairs of the port of Columbia county in the hands of A board of five commissioners, to be elected from the county at larse". - In their arguments for the creation of such a port district, those behTnd the move point out that port organ izations exist at Portland. Astoria, Tillamook. Siuslaw, Newport, Toledo- Waldport, Umpqua. Coos Bay, Bandon, Coquille river and Port Orford, and that all these communities are re ceiving aid from the federal gov ernment for their development work, while'no such assistance can be given the river towns of Columbia county because of the lack of a port organ ization. It is estimated that a tax levy of 1 mill would raise 13,000 in Colum bia county, and that this sum would be adeauate for all Immediate needs. Under the general port act, taxes for th work of the sort would be 111 ited to 1 per cent of the assessed valuation of the county, and bond is sues to 10 oer cent. The immediate work, outlined for the proposed port of Columbia county consists of improvement and mainte nance of the? channel at St. Helens, dredging at Rainier between deep water and the docks and dredging of the Clatskanine river to Clatskanie at least to a sufficient depth to permit the operation of lisrhters between that town and the Columbia river. Sbip Reports by Radio. Furnished by Radio Corporation of America.) Positions reported at 8 P. M. yesterday. unless otherwise indicated, were as follows: - CLARE MONT. San Pedro for Wlllaoa Harbor, 1SB miles from San Pedro. KLAMATH, ban ir'earo ior ban r ran- Cisco, 14-i miles south of San Francisco. HUMBOLDT. San Francisco for San Pedro, f5 miles west San Pedro. QUABBIN, San Pedro for Seattle. 203 mites from San Pedro. EL SBGUNDO, San Pedro for Rtcnmond. 260 miles sooth of Richmond. ARGYLE, Port San Luis for Seattle, 422 miles from Seattle. MULTNOMAH, San Francisco for Port land. 15" miles north of San Francisco, October 15 at 8 P. ' M. . MULTNOMAH, " San Franclsio for Port land, 195 miles north of San Francisco, October IB at H P. M. TATOOHH, barge 01 In tow, Aberdeen for Richmond, 185 miles from Richmond. ADMIRAL DEWEY, Seattle for San Francisco. 165 miles from San Francisco. HORACE . X. BAXTER, San Francisco for Seattle, 313 miles north of San Fran Cisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. (Special.) With fi3 passengers and a fair shipment of oriental freight from Hongkong and way ports, the Toyo Risen Kaisha liner Persia Maru arrived in port today Three hours later, the Anyo Maru of the same line, following? the route of the Persia, passed in through the rate. There were no passengers on thfe Anyo for this port, the vessel ratling in to discharge 700 tons of freight and load 000 tons of rice, brought in by the Persia. The Anyo is en route with her passengers and cargo to Valparaiso. F. S. Sawyer of the Overseas Trading company of Portland, Or., arrived on the Persia accompanied by his private secretary, M iss Dorothy Good hue. M r. Sawyer returned after a three months' business tour of Japan. There are 45 vessels in ' the Japanese freighter class lying idle in Tokio harbor, according to Mr. Sawyer. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha liner Shinyo Maru and the Pacific Mai! liner Ecuador, outward bound for Hongkong and way ports. Captain Thomas Fleming, sailed to day with full passenger and freight lists. The Annette Rolph of the Rolph mail line arrived here late today from Val paraiso on her last trip in this serv ice. The vessel has been diverted to the coastwise lumber trade along with the steamers Joan of Arc and the Georgiania Kolnh. The S. C. T. Dodd, th first of a series of three 10,000-ton tankers being built for the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, was launched at the Moore Ship yards this afternoon. The vessel was named for S. C. T. Dodd, one of the oldest of the company's officials. Mrs. Frederick- G. Dodd of New York City, wife- of the son of the namesake of the shin, acted as sponsor. The Dodds came from New York last week to at tend the launching of the vessel. A run of 48 days from Papeete was made by the schooner C. S. Holmes, which arrived here today with 800 tons of copra to Burns, Philp A Co. ENTERPRISE, Honolulu for San Fran cisco, 808 miles from San Francisco, Oct. 15. COL. E. I DRAKE, San Pedro for Hllo, 1070 miles from San Luis Obispo, Oct. 15. ARCHER, San Francisco for New York, 260 miles south of San Pedro, Oct 15. WILHELMINA, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1426 miles from San Francisco, Oct. 15. BABINDA, San Pedro for Valparaiso, 404 miles south of San Pedro, Oct. 15. - HOBOKEN, San Pedro for New York, 710 miles south of San Pedro. Oct. 15. KAYSEEKA, San Pedro for Limerick, Ireteud. lat. 23:40 N., long. 114:22 W.. Oct. 15. MANOA, San Franeisco for Honolulu, 71ft miles from San Francisco. Oct. 15. MOHINKIS, Honolulu for San Francisco, 830 miles from San Francisco. Oct. 15. WKHT NIGER, Ron -Francisco' for SOUTH AMERICA A CRUISE -TOUR JANUARY 29!S.S. EBRO "A Genuine Business Man." HERBERT GORDON. By C. C. Chapman, Editor and Publisher "Oregon Voter." TTERBERT GORDON is not like a woodsaw, as he is a very quiet sort of a man. but he likes a woodsaw, for by running one for five years in Lane County, he got his financial start in life. I had known Gordon years ago as a business man in Eugene, who seemed to be a live-wire and to enjoy the respect of other business men. but I never got a very close line on him until we went to the legislature last session. He had come to Portland, some ten years ago, after having sold out his retail furniture store in Eugene for a sum said to be $40,000 or $50,000 net cash, and had engaged in building buildings for sale and buying old buildings, remodeling them and sell ing them. The next I heard of him he had hpught a title and trust company. Then came on the times that were hard for the realty owner, but I would hear of him every now and then as having built a new apartment house or re modeled some other kind of a building, and sell ing it. He seemed to be carrying quite a heavy property load at a time when" property was a drug, and on top of that was one of the very few men who had confidence enough in Port land, and in his own ability, to keep on buying, building and selling and then buying and build ing some more. Then he became a candidate for the legisla ture. I checked up on his reputation for integ rity and found it rated first class, and as he was a considerable taxpayer and had gone through a lot of business experience, I thought he was the kind t man .who ought to be sent to the legislature for the good of state and city. So "The Voter" supported him, as did other repu table forces, and he made a fine run and was elected. At Salem he was a very quiet, modest man, seldom speaking on the floor, but active in com mittee work. He had a faculty of sifting any legislative proposition down to its elements, grasping the main points as well as the details, and then being able to discuss it in a quiet, ex planatory way that made everything clear and plain. He also had a faculty for judging human nature and showed not only a preference for associating with the clean, honorable members, but also capacity for opposing legislation that was questionable, and doing efficient work to Which Is Better (Paid orient. 1906 miles west of San Francisco. Oct. IS. ADMIRAL. SCHLEY, San Francisco for WilminBton, S8 miles from San Francisco. HEBER, Portland for Rotterdam, 10 miles north of San Francisco. PARA1SO, Portland for San Francisco, 85 miles from San Francisco. STANLEY DOLLAR, San Francisco for New York, 125 miles south of San Fran cisco. QUEEN. San Francisco for Seattle, 58 milf-s from San Francisco. ERNEST METER, Ban Pedro for San Francisco, 70 miles south of San Fran cisco. ROYAL ARROW, San Francisco for Beaumont, 600 miles south of San Fran cisco. ARDMORE, San Francisco for Beau mont, it05 miles south of San Francisco. WEST CACTUS. San Francisco for Yokohama. 77 miles from San Francisco. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS. San Pedro for Cordova, 861 miles from San Pedro. EEMDUKE, San Francisco for Lon don, leaving San Francisco. ARCHER, San Francisco for New York, 521 miles south of San Pedro. LANSING. Port San Luis for Honolulu. 1210 miles from Port San Luis, 8 P. it., October 15. UUBANOO, San Pedro for Manila, 2238 miles from San Pedro. LYMAN STEWART, San Luis for Van couver, 1)30 miles from Vancouver. LA BRBA, Port San Luis for Oleum, 49 miles from Oleum. W. F. HERRIN. Linnton for Avon, S60 miles from Linnton. ATMIRAT, RODMAN, Ketchikan for The Story of "WOODSAW" GORDON - Make Him Your Choice For AYOR Herbert Gordon is not a boaster. He is a worker a quiet, efficient business man of high integrity and a clean record. Wherever he served he MADE GOOD. Here is a short sketch of "Woodsaw" Gordon which was published last March in the Oregon Voter. We reprint it for the information of the voters: help secure its defeat. He interested himself in a number of constructive measures and demon strated unusual effectiveness in getting them through. All this he did in that quiet way of his that antagonized few people and yet showed clearly where he stood. He was no trimmer was a square shooter. All these things I noted, and contracted a high opinion of the man as legislator. . . . Gordon's whole career has been a fight not of the noisy, spectacular kind, but of the quiet, determined kind and to date he has a record for winning. He was a farm boy near Eugene from the time he was 14; got some high school edu cation in that city, and by pitching in the har vest field, earned $100, with which he got his start with his steam woodsaw. Within five years he had bought his father and mother a small home and accumulated $500, with which he started in the retail furniture business in Eugene. He and his wife were the only people in the store until it grew to the point where they could hire a clerk. Within nine years the business had been developed so that Gordon had built a brick business block to house it- He sold out, and with $45,000, came to Portland. ' He made money in his building and property ventures here while the real estate conditions were good, and then when the slump came, he didn't quit. He kept right on buying, building . and selling. Last year, he was one of the few property-owners who seemed to sense that apart ment buildings would continue to be in demand, so in 1917 he built one apartment structure at a cost of $100,000, bringing in $65,000 of Eastern money to help do it with; another at a cost of $42,000, built with the help of some Seattle capi tal; remodeled another at a cost of $10,000, and did some other improving. It was assuming a load that was heavy to carry, but he won out as usual, and the city is better for his constructive effort. He is as quiet as ever, mild-mannered and the reverse of ostentation, and he has sufficient in terest in public affairs to be willing to stick his name up to be voted at again and then take on the burden of the campaign for speaker, and if elected, assume all the worries of the speaker ship. And he hasn't forgotten how to saw wood.' Oregon Voter, March 30, 1918. for Portland Business or Bluster? advertisement. Gordon-for-Mayor Club.) Ocean Falls, 120 miles from Ketchikan, 8 P.M., October 15. GOVERNOR. Seattle for San Francisco, 32 miles out of Victoria. YOSEMITE, San Francisco for Seattle, 110 miles south of Columbia river. WILHELMINA, Honolulu for San Fran cisco. 1119 miles from San Francisco. JALAPA, Tacoma for San Pedro, 231 miles south of Tatoosh. NORWOOD, Seattle for San Francisco, 250 miles south of Cape Flattery. IRIS, Seattle for San Pedro. 250 miles sonth of Flattery. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. San Francisco for Seattle. 22H miles from Seattle. J. A. MOJETT, towing barge No. 93, San Pedro for Seattle, via Columbia river, 781 miles north of San Pedro. CELILO, Everett for San Francisco, 95 miles north of Cape Blanco. AVALON, Wlllapa Harbor for San Fran cisco, 'bar-bound Willapa Harbor. MOHINKIS, Honolulu for San Francisco, C40 miles west of San Francisco. RICHMOND, towing barge No. 9!S, San TRAVELERS' GUIDE. Holland - America Line NORTH PACIFIC COAST UCSJt (Joint Service of Holland-America Line and Royal Mall Steam Packet Co.) Between Vancouver, B. O.. Puget Sonnd, PortlaaC San francisc and Los Angeles Harbor And Rotterdam, Antwerp, Tendon, Lrrerpaol Hamburg:, fiavre. ' JtRJiltiHT ONLY.,- Sailing will take place as follow! SS. "KINDERDYK." (12.000 tons d. w. loading October 20 S3. MUKHUYit (18,000 tons d. w. loading .... ....... .November-December And regularly thereafter. . Steamers are specially fitted with large root rooms and refrigerators for the trans portation, ot Iresh lrult, fish. etc. For freight rates and particulars apply to OrrEGON-PACIFIO COMPANY, 203 Wilcox Bids. Phone Mala 4565. San Francisco S. S. ROSE CITY DEPARTS AT IS A. M. Tuesday Oct. 19 FIIOM AIN'StVOItTH DOCK. Fare Includes Bertlt and Meals. CITY TICKET OFFICE SD AXD WASH. PHOE MAIN 3.130. FKKKJHT OFFICE, AIMSWORTH DOCK. PHONE BDWV. 2S. THE SAN FRANCISCO PORT LAND S. S. COMPANY. AUSTRALIA Beaeraro, San, New ZeaiaaeL Xat ralacsal aramea rns-er bumii B. M. S. "NIAGARA" Se.OtiO Toms ML. M. 8. "MAILt'SA 13.5M Tea Ball frssB Vancouver. B. C rer raree end sail Intra apply Caa. Pae. Ran war. as third Bt Portland, sr Caaadlaso Aanxausiaa Kejrsa Mail Ltae. 4 aainiea . ah. VaacmTcx. at, G, 830 miles from San Prize Money Alleged Stolen. J. E Marshall is being held in Moro, Or., on a district court warrant charging- larceny by bailee committed in this -county, accordnifr to -word re ceived yesterday by Sheriff Hurlburt ne is alleged to have taken 1800 prize money won by a rare horse be longing to O. J. Brown -vhen the ani mal was exhibited at Gresham and at Moro. TRAVELERS' GCTDE. 8. 8. "CITY OF TOPEKA" Sails 9:00 T. M., October 17, for Coos Bay. Eureka and San 1-ranclsco, cos. aectins with steamers te Los Aaseles and Sao Iiiere. PASSENGER A NO FREIGHT SER TICE TO MEM CO AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PORTS. 1 ROM 84N FRANCISCO, VIA 8. S. bKNATOK. OCIOBEB 30. Paelfle Steamship Company. Ticket Office 101 Third St, rrelchs Office Municipal Deck Me, a. Ffcoae Main S281. TOYO KISEN KAMA Freight Service Portland o Japan and China. SS. CilOVO MARU, SnOO tons, loadinc . early October. SS. itEIYO MARC, 8buo tons, loading . October 31. For Tokohoma, Kobe and ShanshaL Also Manila, P. I. Freight and Passenirer Service. SS. ANYO MARC. 13,000 tons, loadinc January 13, 1031. For rates, tares, space and information Address OREGON-PACIFIC COMPANY General Agents Wficox Bids;. Main 4383. Grand Christmas Exeorsloa to Europe F S. S. AQUITANIA No-vember 2.1 For Reservations and Tickets Apply LIDELl, Jk CLARKE, 105 Third St. Phone Main SI04. Astoria and Way Points STR. GEORGIANA Bound trip la.il y (eicent Friday) esve Port i And 7:10 A. M., Adr-trt dock. Leaves Astoria P. AI frlavet dock. Far 2. GO eacta way. Special A la enrte dininc ervioe. Direct comiecviaD for souta tMrhr.. TVisTht bfi.t ciniiT ft P M - rlil 1 except Sunday. The farkia Tnuupwt 1MB Co. Alu in 142. kl-2Z . Pedro for Seattle, Pedro.